Enabling or disabling the Windows guest user account

Effect of enabling the guest user account

The effect of enabling the Windows guest user account depends on how the filer authenticates users, as explained in the following list:

If the filer uses the domain controller or local user accounts to authenticate users, enabling the Windows guest user account means that users who log in from untrusted domains can connect to the filer. These users use the UNIX UID that you create specifically for the Guest account. A user logged in as Guest does not have a home share.
If the filer uses the UNIX password database to authenticate users, enabling the Windows guest user account has the same effect as enabling the default UNIX account, except that the user logged in as Guest does not have a home share. For more information about the default UNIX account, see Creating or disabling the default UNIX user account.

To create or disable a guest user account, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	If...	Then...
	You do not want any user to connect to the filer using a guest account	Complete only Step 2.
	You want to use a guest account	Complete Step 3 and Step 4.
2	Enter the following command: options cifs.guest_account "" You are done.
3	Enter the following command to specify the guest user account name used in the UNIX password database: options cifs.guest_account unix_name unix_name is the name of the user account in the UNIX password database.
4	Create a user account in the NIS password database or the /etc/passwd file to be used by the guest account.